Earth and Mineral Sciences

Earth and Mineral Sciences

chicxulub crater cores

New research details first days after asteroid strike that killed off dinosaurs

Scientific posters on easels line a large room, with windows on one side. People are grouped together in twos or threes, discussing the research on the posters.

Drawdown Scholars returning to Penn State for international conference

Jane Cook is the new director of the Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) Museum & Art Gallery.

Museum director takes over with eye on expansion

Millennium Science Complex

Quantum leap: DOE grant aims to speed software development for quantum materials

EMS Museum exhibit

New graduate, undergraduate student groups strive to increase museum involvement

Diagram showing the precise atom arrangement of an intermetallic on the left, and the random atom arrangement of the alloy on the right.

Researchers seek to revolutionize catalyst design with machine learning

Scientists constructed a laboratory in northern Alaska

Fossil fuel emissions impact Arctic snow chemistry, scientists find

A view of Hurricane Dorian from space

Hurricane Dorian devastates Bahamas; scientists explain storm's unique evolution

Materials science and engineering major named an Astronaut Scholar

Research to Action: The Science of Drawdown

Climate conference to feature Penn State researchers Sept. 16-18

Research to Action: The Science of Drawdown

Climate conference to be livestreamed

The entrance to Pollock Road on University Park campus.

Two Penn State researchers join Institutes of Energy and the Environment

Natural gas map

Researchers unearth cost-effective method for finding shale gas

Village on Alaskan coast

Helping Alaskan coastal communities adjust to global warming

Storm surge batters a coastal area.

Researchers identify five factors for better coastal risk-management strategies

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